Re: [PATCH] CONFIG_SOC_IMX6Q = i.MX6 Quad/DualLite/Solo

From: Krzysztof Hałasa
Date: Wed Oct 06 2021 - 04:17:57 EST


Lucas Stach <l.stach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> Print i.MX6 "Solo" name in addition to the "Quad" and "DualLite"
>> for SOC_IMX6Q.
>>
> I don't think that's helpful, you would need to at least also print
> "Dual" to make it correct. The Solo is just a fused down version of the
> DualLite, just as the Dual is a fused down version of the Quad.
>
> Quad/DualLite refers to the two different die versions of the chip.

Perhaps we need to print Dual as well.

ATM "cat /proc/cpuinfo" (and everything using it) prints "Freescale
i.MX6 Quad/DualLite (Device Tree)" on Solo and this is, at best,
misleading: making people wonder what CPU do they really have.
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Krzysztof "Chris" Hałasa

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